Would this be a bad niche to get into

I'm using Ultimate Niche Finder to analyze my niches, and it's telling me that the #1 site on google has 4,799 links, and it does, but the second site on google for my keyword has 271. Now, the first result on google is a subdomain of a bigger store. Say the niche is camaro Parts(it isnt), then their domain would be usacarparts/camaro, with usacarparts being the stores home domain.

I couldn't beat #1, but I could possibly work my way up to #2. It has 6,600 local searches, OCI is 0.95, 10,300,000 results, and the #2 result on google has the keyword as its name. Not just part of its name, but the whole domain is the keyword. It has no domains available. CPC is 1.11. The PR of #2 result is 3, and the PR of #1 result is 5, and the PR of the #1 results subdomain (/camarp) is 4.

I'm VERY new to this, and I'm getting the hang of it, but if I could have help with 1 niche from some experts I think it would really help me along. I dont want to just be spoonfed answers, I want to be able to tell if this is good or bad on my own.

To me it looks like it's possible to get into the #2 spot, but since the #2 spot has the keyword in the name it also makes me wonder how long it would take.

See, I'm assuming that if I get to rank #2 on google I'll be set, unless getting to rank #1 is extremely critical. This is going to be a niche ecommerce site, by the way. Obviously result #1 is best, but that's almost impossible with retailers like amazon, walmart, cabelas, overstock, zappos, and all the big ecommerce giants. I've come to accept being in the top 3 is usually good enough.

my bad not the keyword research tab you need to use the SEO analysis tab and take a pic of the top 10 only so we can see how many have the keyword in title etc.

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Okay, I'm uploading a picture of my rankings and competitions in the SEO tab. I'll upload it to imgur, so all you have to do is replace the ID 'ixbEI' in my previous link with whatever ID I give you, since I cant post links..

First, just because they are in a high position for a keyword does not mean that they are optimized for the keyword. They may be there because they are the best choice Google has available for that spot.

Fuck it, jump on that rascal and see where you end up. Even if it is a failure the education will be invaluable.

jump on that rascal and see where you end up. Even if it is a failure the education will be invaluable.

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well, I already had a nice eduactional failure with a BMW website.That's when I learned about researching suppliers before jumping in.
I really dont want to waste time and money more than I have to.. I've read a few books, and I'm trying to learn all I can. This keyword, to me, looks like a good deal, but I'm a noob and who knows what I might be missing. It seems like everyone reading my topic thinks its probably a bad keyword, but I just dont understand what makes you think that. Like, what do you look at that I've posted that makes you say "that number is too high" or "that isnt an attribute of a good keyword". I'm just trying to learn all I can.

Would you not take the keyword just underneath your original one?

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No, that keyword is completely off what I'm trying to do. That keyword is "[my keyword] game." and I'm not selling games.

So you're telling me an ideal keyword would be something like:
competition average Page rank should be 3. no higher than 3 and no lower than 2.
Local monthly searches of 5000+
OCI of .80+
The backlinks should be sigificantly less than 60 and 80,000 like on my current keyword? maybe around 5,000 to 10,000?
And last, you should be able to get a domain with the keyword in it.

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